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Chapter 3: Competing for Glory (No. 4)

Xuzi didn't have the habit of hiding his secrets, and after listening to Zhang Xutuo's order, he happily agreed to the task of practicing wolf riding tactics. Qin Shubao and others did not learn his tactics in vain, and shared the combat experience and tactical experience they had summed up from fighting with Liukou on weekdays. The four of them learned from each other's strengths and weaknesses, adjusted while training, and after half a month, the combat skills of the light armored cavalry under their command have greatly improved.

Seeing that the fire was almost over, Zhang Xutuo ordered Qin Shubao's 200 armored cavalry to join the training ranks. After the light and heavy riders were mixed together, they were very unfamiliar with each other at first. However, under the guidance of Zhang Xutuo, a veteran, everyone found out the defects one by one and made up for the shortcomings, and slowly, the cooperation of various tactics became more and more proficient.

In the more than three years of his military career, he compared the discussions in the book with the actual combat situation, and gained a lot. But because I haven't had a good teacher to guide me, I also have a lot of confusion in my heart. During the interval of military training, he asked Zhang Xutuo for advice on these puzzles, and Zhang Xutuo was not stingy, and gave him the best answer after thinking clearly about them one by one. The old general once served under the famous generals Shi Wansui and Chu Gong Yang Su, and he has a very deep understanding of tactics and military strategy, and he can often solve a great mystery in Xuzi's heart by chatting a few words. Not only did Li Xu feel greatly benefited when he heard it, but even Qin Shubao, Luo Shixin and others who were joining in the fun next to him had a deep understanding.

After having a deeper understanding of military strategy and tactics, Li Xu, Qin Shubao and others were eager to gather all the county soldiers and practice conventional tactics such as selecting camps, arraying formations, and coordinating infantry and cavalry. Zhang Xutuo did not support, "The purpose of the warrior is to calm the fighting, not to disturb the people." Now that the spring seedlings have just grown, the fields are busy weeding! Facing everyone's eager eyes, the old general said solemnly.

The generals listened, and in addition to regret, they admired Zhang Tongshou a little more in their hearts. In these troubled times, there is always no shortage of opportunities for actual combat training. In March, the weather is getting warmer and warmer, and banditry is becoming more and more rampant in the surrounding areas. Whenever a small group of bandits invaded the territory, Zhang Xutuo ordered Li Xu, Qin Shubao and others to quickly drive them away with cavalry. He didn't want to gather a heavy army, spring was the busiest time, and the harvest in autumn depended on the effort put into the fields in the spring. But the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and finally one day, the tranquility of Qi County was completely broken by a sudden wisp of smoke and dust.

It was March 26, the tenth year of the Great Cause, and Li Xu and Luo Shixin were competing with Qin Shubao to try martial arts. Qin Shubao has great strength and rich combat experience, and Luo and Li can't take advantage of him by using wheel tactics. The soldiers watched lively, and the slap was shocking. At this time, a ride of smoke and dust came straight to the school field.

"Lord Zhang, help—" The messenger rolled his saddle and dismounted, and fell to the ground.

"Where are you from, and what's going on?" Zhang Xutuo was stunned by this headless lament. The other party was wearing neither the county soldier's uniform nor the government soldier's uniform, and his light armor was mud except for bloodstains, as if he had just escaped from the army of ten thousand horses.

"My lord, Beihai City, Beihai City 100,000, men, women and children, please. Please send troops to rescue and save Beihai! The man gasped and added, his body went limp, and he fainted. The soldiers of the county hurriedly brought rice soup and poured it for him, pinching the people in the pinch, beating the chest of the people, and tossing about half a pillar of incense for about half a column of incense before snatching this person's life back from the hands of the king of Hades.

"My lord, please, save Beihai City!" When the messenger awoke, he fell on his feet and wept. After Zhang Xutuo carefully inquired, he learned that the original Liukou Guo Fang had gone down the mountain again at the end of February, sweeping all over Beihai. In the spring of previous years, this thief had to toss around, but he never attacked the city. But this time he got the cooperation of a lot of "rebels and thieves". Those "rebellious ministers and thieves" were originally big local families, and there were many people in the family. Many of the county soldiers in the city were also their sons and nephews, and they colluded with each other and quickly took Linzi City. Beihai County Shouxian Yule led the troops to crusade, who expected that as soon as he left the Zhisu Yidu on his front foot, Zhang Heng, the captain who stayed behind, rebelled in the city.

Captain Zhang Heng opened the city gate and recruited all the displaced people in the shack area into the city as soldiers. Xian Yule returned to the division to attack the city, and the homeless people took the gentry in the city as the hostage, so that the county soldiers and soldiers were bogeyed. The two sides were in a stalemate, and Guo Fang led the troops to kill. Xian Yule suffered the enemy on his back and left in defeat. He led the remnants to rest in Duchang City and then reorganize the army to fight again, but unexpectedly he was blocked by Qin Junhong, the leader of another group of rogues, on the bank of the Juyang River. The two bands of rogue attacked back and forth, and 30,000 Beihai soldiers were annihilated. Immediately after, Duchang City also fell into the hands of the rogues. Guo Fangpre and Qin Junhong opened the treasury, opened the warehouse to release grain, and gathered more than 100,000 people in one day. Now, these 100,000 bandits are besieging Beihai City on the shore of the White Wolf Water, and if no one rescues them within half of it, Beihai City will also suffer from the poison of the rogues.

"This is Xian Yule, didn't I remind him to take the treasury grain to help the homeless?" Zhang Xutuo was so angry that he stomped his feet again and again and asked.

"Xianyu, Xianyu said that it is the country's food, and it should not be moved lightly!" The messenger replied with a whimper.

"The country's food can't be touched lightly, now it's good, the displaced people have divided the food, and the country has nothing left!" The surrounding county soldiers retorted.

"Please Zhang Tong to save Beihai, once the rogues enter the city, everyone will suffer!" The messenger did not dare to argue, and paused. This is a big truth, except for the Wagang Army entrenched in Dongjun, none of the other rogues who are under the banner of Tianxingdao pay attention to military discipline. Wherever they passed, they robbed everything they could, and burned down what they couldn't. Only by joining the rogue can the common people keep some of their wealth. It depends on whether the team of the children in the family is in the same group as the team passing by. If it weren't for the gang, the remaining life-saving property would have been robbed.

The county soldiers were silent, looking at Zhang Xutuo and shaking their heads again and again. They are unwilling to shed blood for people who have no relatives and no reason hundreds of miles away, and besides, in their eyes, the current tragedy in Beihai County has an element of local officials' own faults. To say that displaced people are prone to change is nonsense. There were more displaced people gathered near the county seat of Qi County than any other county, but the security of Qi County was basically not greatly affected. These poor people will not rebel as long as they have a bite to eat, and the "lazy government" of the old lady guarding Pei Caozhi is the greatest good governance in this extraordinary period.

"Hey! You get up first, the matter of reinforcements, this official needs to discuss with Lord Taishou! Zhang Xutuo sighed and gave a vague answer.

"My lord, we can't delay any longer. If you delay for a day, thousands more people will die in Beihai County! The messenger wailed and prostrate. The corners of his forehead soon cracked, and blood trickled down with sweat.

"Get up, get up and speak. It's not that I'm perfunctory to you, you should also know that I have to make a lot of preparations before sending troops! Zhang Xutuo couldn't bear it anymore, and bent down to hold the messenger's shoulder firmly.

"My lord, with your prestige, as long as the banner has passed Zishui. Half of the thief's courage is gone, and the confidence of the children of Beihai City is three points more. Have mercy on you, I, Beihai City, am willing to bear all the costs of this expedition! The Messenger was very eloquent, and though he was weary, he was on point.

"I don't need any money from your Beihai City!" Zhang Xutuo smiled bitterly and replied. "To tell you the truth, I only have more than 1,000 people on hand now, with this number of people, do you think you can scare off 100,000 thieves?"

"Your Excellency?" The messenger stared around in disbelief, and sure enough, he didn't notice anything but the onlookers. The whole barracks were empty, and weeds half a foot high could be seen in front of some adobe barracks. This is not a trace of human habitation, Zhang Xutuo has always been known for his strict management of the army, and the place where his subordinates live will not let weeds grow wildly.

With more than 1,000 people in front of him, he was so frightened that the surrounding rogues did not dare to attack, which was a blessing for the people of Qi County, but it was a great misfortune for the Beihai fathers and elders who were looking forward to reinforcements at this time. The soldiers were all children of their hometowns, and if they hadn't assembled at this time, they would definitely be scattered in their own homes to do farm work. When they put down their hoes and hurriedly gathered here, the ten Beihai cities were also captured by the Liukou.

The blood color instantly faded from the messenger's face, and after complete despair, his whole person could no longer support it, and he collapsed directly in front of Zhang Xutuo. "What face does Wu have to go to see the Beihai father!" He lay on the ground and wept, his voice hoarse and painful. After crying a few times, he slowly stood up, pulled out a horizontal knife from his waist, and wiped it straight towards his neck.

"Wait!" Li Xu's hand was quick, and he flicked it with the scabbard and knocked the messenger's horizontal knife to the ground.

"Let me die, my lord. When he left the city, Wu promised the elders of Beihai City that if he didn't ask for reinforcements, he would never live alone! The messenger wiped the snot and tears from his face, and trembled as he walked to the weapon on the ground.

"Maybe you don't have to die!" Li Xu grabbed the other party's shoulders and said word by word.

"But, there are no soldiers to come out of Qi County, and the surrounding counties dare not send troops to rescue them!" The messenger surnamed Wu had a handful of snot and tears, crying so well that he was not sad.

"Were you blocked when you came?" Li Xu ignored his nonsense and asked in a low voice.

"No, it broke through the company camp outside Beihai City, and the road was unimpeded. The thieves robbed all the places between Linzi and Beihai, and the people fled in all directions, and there are few people in that area now. The messenger surnamed Wu listened to Li Xu's careful question, and some hope was ignited in his heart, and he replied crying.

"They don't have a ranger guard, and what about the border between Beihai County and Qi County, and there is no banner of rogues?" Li Xu was slightly stunned and asked with a frown.

"No, they are busy robbing the city, the border between our two counties is a poor township, and the thieves are not interested!" The messenger gave a clear answer.

It's a bit weird! Zhang Xutuo, Li Xu, Qin Shubao and others communicated with each other with their eyes, and they all felt the strangeness of the situation. According to common sense, the rogues should be very jealous of the soldiers of Qi County. Every time they robbed, they must have placed a certain number of sentries behind them to prevent them from being attacked from behind by the county soldiers. This time, they swaggered down the mountain, not considering the threat from the direction of Qi County at all.

Maybe they know that the soldiers of Qi County are still being assembled, and a thousand cavalry can only protect themselves, and they are unable to support the situation of other counties! But how did they know the secret? Could it be that there are spies around the county?

Thinking of this, everyone's eyes flashed. Guo Fangqian knew the actual situation of Qi County, so he dared to loot unscrupulously three hundred miles away. If Qi County issued an order to summon the county soldiers, he would definitely increase his attack on Beihai City when he got the news!

Even if the county soldiers were quickly recruited and rushed to Beihai, the city would not be saved. Similarly, Guo Fangpre and Qin Junhong will not sit in the city and wait for death, they have made enough money, and they will inevitably fly away. The soldiers can't catch up if they want to!

"There will be a plan in the end, maybe you can save Beihai!" Li Xu arched his hand to Zhang Xutuo and said.

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